Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 15:55:29 11/12/98
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>I have no idea *what* is at the root of this. The "junior" issue was obviously >a sore point as it was discussed a good while back. Can you think of something >other than "personal" that would account for such a stupid article that was >based on really poor research (the stock gain) and on outright dishonest and >misleading journalism (avoiding computer events that never were a possibility)? >So no, I don't want to change the topic... but I would like to know what is >driving this "deep blue hatred." Did you consider that article complimentary >or insulting? Factual or misleading? Technically accurate or wishful thinking? >And what might lead someone to write something so obviously biased? Almost has >to be personal. I never understood the name "fight". In the US "junior" has >a unique meaning everywhere, typically "younger or weaker or smaller or >something like that when compared to the original." And in that regard, DB >junior made a lot of sense. We played a few events using a "Cray Blitz junior" >in fact, such as the 1984 US Speed Chess Championship. We couldn't get a real >4 processor XMP, so we ran on a special-edition single processor (a machine >designed to be cheaper than a normal cray) with a slower clock than normal and >slower memory (2x slower) than normal. Harry coined the name "Cray Blitz >Junior" and everyone knew what it meant. I fail to see how doing that would >incur the wrath of someone. But the "hatchet job" (to borrow Bruce's quote) >was exactly that. And the question is "why?" I wouldn't write something like >that about *any* program here. I do my best to be complimentary. I haven't >seen you do such stuff either. So does it strike you as a little odd? Does >me... >And I learned many years ago, nearly *everything* has a "reason". Even Albert >Einstein didn't believe that anything was random. I tend to agree... >Bob >(hope that clears up where I come from) Yes you clearly made your point :( I saw an article. It contains statements I agree and disagree on. We talk about its contents. I have seen nothing "personal" (as you say) or "Deep Blue hatred". I also think "Deep Blue hatred" does not exists. It's an invention of yours. The fact that we discuss Deep Blue here doesn't mean we hate it. Like it or not we have the right to discuss Deep Blue here and you have no right to label things as "personal" towards Amir and Shay. Next I don't like that you label people (for this occasion Amir and Shay too) as "Deep Blue haters" if they disagree with you (or have another opinion) on a Deep Blue related issue. - Ed -
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